CVE-2022-49011

hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new()

published October 21, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new()

As comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns

a pci device with refcount increment, when finish using it,

the caller must decrement the reference count by calling

pci_dev_put(). So call it after using to avoid refcount leak.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00236 · 13.7th percentile
Published
2024-10-21T20:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 OCT 20:06Z
    hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new()
    cvelistv5